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22.07.2010 11:04 Alter: 2 Jahre

Civil society advocates grade 13 countries’ performance in funding the Global Fund

Kategorie: International, Presse

 

Vienna, Thursday, July 22, 11:00: Country Donor Report Cards. Donor countries are urged to honour their commitments and responsibilities. Grades were handed out today by civil society advocates to the G8 countries and five others for their funding of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Austria received the lowest mark of all the countries and a failing grade, as it does not contribute to the Global Fund, in spite of being a high income country and also the host of the conference this year. Italy, a G8 country that has not delivered on its pledges, also received a low grade. Most of the G8 countries scored a “C” or lower for under-funding the Global Fund. Only two countries received an “A”, which is considered “excellent”, and two a “B”.

Civil society activists released the grades of the 13 countries during the 18th International AIDS Conference, urging donor countries to fully fund the Global Fund – a unique mechanism that is considered globally to have shown unprecedented health results since its creation in 2002. Countries’ scores were compiled by their own civil society advocates.

The Country Donor Report Cards were prepared in the run up to the next replenishment conference for the Global Fund in October this year, when donor countries make their pledges for the next three years (2011-2013). Civil society activists from around the world estimate that in order to meet the health needs of countries implementing Global Fund programs over this period, donors will have to honour their international responsibilities and substantially increase their contributions up to US$ 20 billion. Some donors need to more than double their support if there is any hope of reaching the Millennium Development goals for health, with the Global Fund by far the preferred mechanism for delivery.

Donors pledged US$10 billions to the Global Fund over the last three year period, which ends in 2010.

“We have a shared responsibility, according to our level of ‘riches’” said Nicci Stein, director of the Canadian-based Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development.  “The Global Fund saves lives.”

The Global Fund

The Global Fund provides life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to 2.8 million people living with HIV. Seven million people have been provided with effective TB drugs treatment. The World Health Organization estimates that one in four TB deaths worldwide is HIV-related. The Global Fund has also reported impressive progress in the fight against malaria. In addition, the Global Fund is the only “funder” that fully engages with civil society as an equal partner at global, regional and country level, where civil society organizations have proven to be most effective in reaching out to and working with communities and the most vulnerable groups living with HIV.

Michael Gwaba from Zambia is one person who has benefited from Global Fund investments in implementing countries. He said that the Global Fund saved many lives, allowing them to again participate actively and productively in society, bringing hope to families and communities: “Global Fund funding saved my life. Without the Global Fund, all that I have worked for will be taken away. The inevitable resulting lack of treatment would very likely mean I would be dead within a year, along with thousands of others living with HIV around the world.”

  • For more information on one of the specific Country Donor Report Cards, a list of Participating organizations in the Country Donor Report Cards is available in Annex 3 of the report.  The contact details for civil society representatives involved in the Country Donor Report Cards in each country are also available in the report, which can be downloaded at: www.icssupport.org.
  • For more information on the development and production of this report, please contact Peter van Rooijen, ICSS: + 31 6 5314 8908.

International Contacts for the Country Donor Report Cards

For more information on Country Donor Report Cards, please contact:

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